Explain how hearing occurs. Start at outer ear and end in the brain. Include cranial nerve and processing of information
Hearing : The sound entring the ear takes the following path,
External Audiotory Canal ----> Tympanic membrane ---> enters middle ear -----> Malleus ----> Incus ------> Stapes -----> oval window ---> Inner ear --------> Chochlea (Scala Vestibuli) -----> Organ of Corti ------> Auditory division of vestibulocochlear nereve ( CN - VIII) ------> Cochlear nucleus in the medulla ----> Inferio Colleculi ( Center for audiotory reflex) -----> Medial Geniculate Body ------> in Brain, auditory cortex (Area 41) In the superior portion of the temporal lobe in the sylvian fissure.
Get Answers For Free
Most questions answered within 1 hours.